About This Course: CLD110 (AWS Academy Cloud Foundations) is an 8-week accelerated section covering cloud computing fundamentals and the AWS services that implement them, aligned to the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam guide.

Each module page below follows the same accessible layout, with objectives, worked examples, key terms, and review questions.

Foundations

Module 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS What cloud computing is, what AWS is, and how this course is organized. Module 2 Cloud Economics and Billing CapEx vs. OpEx, total cost of ownership, and the AWS pricing fundamentals behind cloud economics. Module 3 AWS Global Infrastructure Overview Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations, and how they shape architecture decisions.

Security & Networking

Module 4 AWS Cloud Security The shared responsibility model, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and core security services. Module 5 Networking and Content Delivery Amazon VPC fundamentals, routing, and content delivery with Amazon CloudFront.

Core Services

Module 6 Compute Amazon EC2, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, and AWS Lambda, and how to choose between them. Module 7 Storage Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, and the tradeoffs between object, block, and file storage on AWS. Module 8 Databases Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, and choosing the right database service for a workload.

Architecture & Operations

Module 9 Cloud Architecture Design principles from the AWS Well-Architected Framework applied to real workloads. Module 10 Auto Scaling and Monitoring Amazon CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, and keeping workloads elastic and observable.
🔵 Note Module numbering reflects this course's structure and may not match every AWS Academy course edition exactly. Content is AI generated.